diesel smell

[nac]

same old story, got rid of my old yanmar ysb12 and thought the smell would vanish with it but alas, new beta and guess what ,same old diesel smell.
cant find where the smell is coming from,or do all diesels smell this way.
nac.

 

[30boat]

I don't think that the engine is the cause of the smell.It probably comes from the small quantities of fuel that were spilt when bleeding the new engine.It is also possible that the plywood walls of the engine compartment are soaked with diesel.If this is the case try cleaning them with acetone after washing with strong detergent but it is very dificult to get diesel out of plywood.When the old engine was out was the smell still there?
My 22 year old Bukh doesn't smell because I always clean after bleeding and there are no leaks.

 

[Jcorstorphine]

New engines should not smell, my Peugeot 406 has carried out 140,000 miles and there is not trace of diesel smell in the enegine area. i think your prolem is residual odur from diesel in the bilges or the fabric within the boat.

1st, wash out all the bilges with a good bilge cleaner, check you fuel lines and make sure there is no pockets of diesl fuel lying arround. the other problems are is the fact that the cushions absorb diesel fumes and regardless of leaving the cusions out in the sunn, heating etc, the smell does not go away.

I had a situation some years ago when my Westerly Pentalnd Volvo starrted to leak fuel into the bilges. I washed everything out but still the smell of diesel prevailed. Eventually, I ended up placing all of the cusions into a vacuum chamber and reduced the pressure to the -2 mbar range, result when the cusions were brought back to atmospheric pressure, all traces of the smell had gone.

Regards

John C


Ps Torrecelli was an italian Physiscits who inevetede the barometer

 

[hlb]

I think yer just a fuddy duddy. I've met them. Make a big fuss about nothing. Diesel dont smell these days.

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[VMALLOWS]

You should have smelt the last lot I bought.........great smell of shellfish.......made me hungry.

 

[graham]

Did you replace the tank as well? If not possibly a very small leak there is causing it.

We had a similar problem at one time .After every weekend all the sleeping bags pillows clothes etc had a slight diesely smell.

Agree with what has been said re diesel soaking into wood.Once the leak is fixed a lot of degreaser and hard work is needed more than once.

Our leak was from the tank vent so only occured after heeling caused fuel to rise in the pipe.Caused a lot of head scratching first though. Best of luck in curing it.

 

[ccscott49]

Could it be your tank breather? Or a little diesel spilt into the bilges has soaked in? I find "bilgex" gets rid of the diesel smell, eventually, I've also used dettol in the past, but my engines don't smell atall, also think about an engine room/compartment extractor fan.

 

[steffen]

Re: diesel smell, so what

My cabin also smells diesel, but then again so what?
IMHO its part of live in a boat. When i smell the salty sea air and the slight diesel mixed with fried eggs i know i am where i want to be. Its exactly how a boat should smell.

Happy sailing, Steffen

 

[vyv_cox]

Re: diesel smell, so what

On the other hand, some people claim that the smell of diesel makes them seasick on dry land! On a boat in rough weather this smell is the trigger for mal-de-mer for many people.